Licensing - Office 2003 Basic

[Alfred]

Unfortunately, I graduated in May and can't purchase the
academic version of Office 2003.

In search of cheap (but legal) version of Office, I
noticed eBay has lots of copies of the OEM Office 2003
Basic version for sale.

They all have this disclaimer "comes with untested
hardware to comply with MS/eBay policies." I was
wondering does this really comply? And is it legit for me
to purchase a copy of Office 2003 Basic version even
though it's not on an OEM machine?

I can't imagine it is. However, I know MS cracks down
pretty hard so why haven't these auctions been taken down?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Run. not walk, away from this. Also, report the seller to the eBay
officials as this is not legal in all events.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the
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reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Alfred <[email protected]> asked:

| Unfortunately, I graduated in May and can't purchase the
| academic version of Office 2003.
|
| In search of cheap (but legal) version of Office, I
| noticed eBay has lots of copies of the OEM Office 2003
| Basic version for sale.
|
| They all have this disclaimer "comes with untested
| hardware to comply with MS/eBay policies." I was
| wondering does this really comply? And is it legit for me
| to purchase a copy of Office 2003 Basic version even
| though it's not on an OEM machine?
|
| I can't imagine it is. However, I know MS cracks down
| pretty hard so why haven't these auctions been taken down?